15 Barley Reviews
Barley has completely transformed how we manage compensation by making it intuitive, data-driven, and incredibly efficient. With powerful reporting, forecasting tools, and scenario modeling, we were able to confidently plan our comp review budget and make informed decisions. The ability to pull from multiple benchmark sources and gain visibility into pay bands helped us stay competitive and consistent—both for current team members and new hires.
The comp review process itself was seamless, thanks to configurable workflows, built-in guidelines, and easy-to-use comp letters and approval chains. Barley’s platform is accessible to everyone—from HR to people managers—and continues to evolve with regular updates and excellent support. It’s a first-class experience that’s made compensation planning easier for experts and non-experts alike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
While the product is continue to introduce new enhancements, they are top of the line and consider all users. There are none I can think of at this time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Barley has transformed our compensation management, providing analytics and context to make informed decisions.
We’ve used Barley to forecast, ensuring strategic budget allocation. Its benchmark sources help us maintain a competitive pay structure, while clear visibility into pay bands supports fair compensation for employees and new hires.
Our compensation review process is now more intuitive and efficient, with streamlined guidelines, approval chains, and comp letters. Barley’s user-friendly interface makes it accessible even for non-compensation experts, and its configurability allows us to tailor workflows, replacing outdated spreadsheets.
Barley’s team actively listens to feedback, continuously evolving the platform to meet our needs. Their top-notch support ensures quick and helpful responses.
Overall, Barley is a game-changer for compensation management, making the process easier, faster, and more effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The lack of an export feature to share valuable insights beyond internal users has been a limitation, but the team is actively addressing this based on feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Barley is the simplest, most intuitive compensation management tool I have ever seen or worked with. It is flexible and really easy to integrate with our HRIS system (we use BambooHR). Morever, the team at Barley feels like an extension of our HR team - working with us every step along the way to take into account our specific needs and mopdify as needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I can't really think of any downsides. Highly recommend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I love how Barley saves me time and ensures accuracy during comp reviewm, really streamlining the process. The user experience is intuitive, requiring less training for our stakeholders, and pulls information that is scattered across multiple sources to consolidate into 1 source of truth. It is extremely configurable to meet our specific needs and customer support has been second to none (providing user training, hosting collaborative working sessions, responsive and flexible to customization requests, etc.). There are always new feature developments being released to continuously evolve and improve the product and, by extension, the user experience. I've never partnered with a product team so open to feedback and so responsive to implementing improvements based on the feedback provided! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I truly have nothing that I dislike about Barley. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I have been working with the Barley team for over a year and can confidently say that the team and platform has played a pivotol role in the creation and implemenation of our organization's compensation strategy and internal processes. Our organization is accross Canada and the US and has a complex mix of Salary and Hourly employees. Barley has allowed us to strategically plan and manage the comp accross these employee groups, with ease.
We just completed our first Pay Review Cycle in Barley; the process was smooth and the team was extremely responsive throughout the process to support us with any questions. Our Executive team was able to go in and plan properly for their functions with limited support as the platform was extremely user friendly and pulled all the relevant data to one place.
I also love that Barley integrates with our HRIS (Hibob), which makes it extremely easy for our Talent Acquisition and HR Team to go in and review internal equity and individuals total comp on a regular basis to ensure our Comp strategy remains in integrity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
After a year of using Barley, I still can't think of any negatives here. Further, any barriers that have been identified, the team is quick to jump in and solve for.
We are so impressed with the platform and team at Barley! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Barley is intuitive and easy to use! The implementation process went smoothly and the Barley team guided us throughout the entire process. The software itself has supported our compensation strategy through pay band management, comp reviews and ensuring we are providing equity to all our employees as we grow.
We have been able to streamline our compensation review process for our entire team, including HR, Finance and the Executive team. The time savings is the real game changer here - what would have taken us weeks only took a couple days to complete the entire review cycle. The analytics is data provided to make the right compensation decisions is so profoundly appreciated. Our executives, HR and TA team use the platform regularly to gauge pay for merit, promotions and market adjustments to ensure we are being equitable across all teams and individuals.
In terms of user experience, the platform is intuitive and easy to use. The UI is beautiful and you can quickly move from employee to employee with ease. Jafar and his team were amazing, explaining best practices for our HR team and ensuring that they provided the Executive team with proper training during onboarding. Again, it's intuitive so you don't need hand holding to use the platform but if we do have questions or suggestions for new features, the Barley team is very hands-on and responsive. Couldn't ask for a better partnership with a vendor!
We are using Barley to manage our HQ (salaried employees) and our Retail (hourly employees) as we continue to grow and open more Knix stores across North America. I'm glad we implemented Barley now versus when we are huge!
Our entire team is super impressed with Barley and we can't wait to see what other cool new features they cook up over the next few months! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Honestly, there's nothing I can say that is negative about the software or the service. I'm so impressed by the team and the product! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Barley's UI is beautiful and simple.
- HRIS and ATS automatic integration so there is no need for many manual uploads.
- The whole Barley team is responsive and takes accountability for action requests, special shoutout to Janelle, Billy, Jafar, Josh & the whole Engineering team.
- The actual comp review process was very intuitive with built in guidelines and budgets that are set prior to launch.
- Visibility in regards to pay bands, pay equity, total rewards in our organization that provides us with invaluable context and analysis.
- Continuous improvements that Barley implements are mostly proactive versus reactive.
- The people at Barley know what they are doing, and most importantly, understand compensation cycles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
No major downsides to Barley. Some features such as equity grants, comp review changes after launch, etc. are not currently available but Barley is very serious about client feedback and are continuously improving the platform/actively incorporating these features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Implementation was a breeze.
- API integration so no manual upload for employee data. Integration with Lever to collect our own candidate expectation data is helpful for us to gather real time information.
- Intuitive interface, user friendly and managers find it very easy to navigate.
- Barley has both annual review feature and compensation management (market position, internal salary bands etc.) which is rare for the compensation softwares on the market. We have demos from more than 20 softwares on the market and Barley is the winner.
- Barley team has been very responsive and supportive, usually we can get a response for any question or request within two hours.
- Openess to improvement. We have raised many requests for new features to add into the platform before the launch of our 2024 cycle, they were all launched which made sure our cycle was successful.
- One source of truth, no more spreadsheets to share with leaders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Nothing major, I believe the platform will definitely become better and better as they are constantly improving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Barley has helped us globally automate our annual compensation program, leading to manager enablement and consistency. Implementation was easy, support was always available and willing to help make improvements as needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We have not found any downsides to Barley. As our needs evolved, Barley worked with us to modify as needed, and ensure our total rewards approach was supported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The user experience is crisp and intuitive, so admins and managers can confidently administer comp for their teams.
Configuring our comp bands and compensation cycles took much less time than other tools with a higher degree of confidence. Other tools require careful review of detailed documentation -- but Barley made configuration a breeze. The user interface and visualizations are always clear (and sometimes even delightful!)
Direct managers and senior management also found Barley easy to use, especially the compensation visualization tools, with almost no training required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
No major gaps. The team was responsive to questions and is releasing new features and integrations to make the tool even better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
